Hull-loss description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 04 MAR 1977 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-3522 |
| C/n / msn: | 18505/572 |
| First flight: | 1963-01-02 (14 years 2 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6423 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rome-Griffiss AFB, NY (RME) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Engine explosion during ground engine maintenance run. A fire erupted.
Events:
Sources:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
